With expectations of a giant leap after a promising rookie season in 2018, the second-year linebacker had a good-but-not-great start before mystifying mid-season lull after being a sudden late scratch for an undisclosed personal issue in Week 4 against the Vikings. He returned the following week, but didn’t look like the same player he was in 2018.
He eventually regained that lost spark and quelled doubts about his mind-set and his future and then turned it up a notch late in the season. He had double-digit tackles in consecutive games against the Eagles, Lions and Rams — and a season-best 15-tackle, two-sack performance against the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.